A interesting look at using Technology in the classrooms with an overseas perspective. The philosophy of technology choice is relevant regardless of where you hail from.
Creating an environment of personalised technology choice:
“A while ago I decided that it is futile to try and apply some of the structures and practices that US and international schools [...]

UK University Lectures on iTunes: “BBC News reports that University College London, the Open University, and Trinity College Dublin are putting lectures onto iTunes U, which now features content from universities in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. ‘Our students will be able to revisit materials presented to them in lectures, so they can [...]

Today Google announced the regional winners to its Doodle 4 Google contest. K-12 students in the United States were asked to redesign the Google logo with a “What if?” theme. The results are available online, and are really astounding. Not being an art teacher or parent (yet) myself I was amazed to see the evolution [...]

Apple releases Mac OS X Leopard Security Guide:
“Apple offers sys-admins almost 250 pages of security best-practices and tips to protect Mac OS X Leopard clients.
Released on Monday, the guide document is a 3.4MB PDF. The guide is aimed at experienced users, Apple says, familiar with the Terminal application and its command-line interface.
Some instructions in this [...]

iTunes U adds Phoenix Mars Mission movies:
“iTunes U has movies from the Phoenix Mars mission, uploaded by the University of Arizona.
(Via Macworld News.)

This is an aggressive move to woo College students yes, but I think the second half of the Mac Rumors post nails it. This is an attempt to get the touch platform into the hands of more people. With the 3G iPhone sure to come out next week, and the official release of the iPhone [...]

This afternoon my district is hosting Will Richardson a Web 2.0 proponent and educational blogger. However, he is offering what he is billing a “Tablet PC teaser.” I am huge fan of ‘Web 2.0′ and do see a real possibility for use in the classroom, however Web 2.0 is platform agnostic meaning there is no [...]

Thread on AFP548 to watch on the 10.5.3 bugfixes and breaks.
10.5.3 Server: Did they fix it yet?:
“Today marks the release of 10.5.3 Client and Server. There have been a few nasty bugs in Leopard Server that have given us a headache or two. The primary being being the Directory Services issue with AFP connections. The [...]

I have to admit, I am really psyched that they finally updated these. The 10.5 tools had so many little bugs that added up to a very frustrating experience. The timing is great too, I’ve got a conference call with Apple to discuss Leopard Server migration at Noon today.
OS X Server Admin Tools Updated for [...]

This is great news, as my district is transitioning to Google Apps for education for the 2008-2009 school year. Of note, Address Book now syncs with Yahoo and Microsoft Exchange as well. I also expect this is foreshadowing of features in iPhone 2.0 as well.
Official Google Mac Blog: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google [...]